Week 1: Civilization Emerges

Our world began as an untamed wilderness.
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...but once students logged into the server resources began to be gathered; trees were knocked down, earth was moved and stone was mined underground. These resources were used as building blocks to create shelter from the dangerous monsters that came at night.
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Tools were crafted to facilitate resource gathering.
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Weapons and armor were forged to defend against the monsters.
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Some hard lessons were learned about starting fires around wooden houses.
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Very quickly, meager shelters hollowed into the mountainside were no longer adequate living accommodations!
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Here is an animated overview of our worlds progression over the first several days:
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